Objectives: Today I will
Homework: Bring a hard copy of your story to class tomorrow. It can be typed or handwritten!
Agenda:
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- discuss the differences between revision and editing
- and continue drafting my realistic fiction story
Homework: Bring a hard copy of your story to class tomorrow. It can be typed or handwritten!
Agenda:
- Warm-up: Visual Dictionary
- A narrative is another word for a story
- Draw pictures to represent narrative and transition words
- A narrative is another word for a story
- Grammar Review
- Rescheduled to next Monday 11/25, closer to the quiz date!
- You have a study guide for more practice, too!
- Revison vs. Editing
- Revision:
- Changes the content of your writing
- Reasons to revise:
- To add description
- To delete unimportant or confusing details
- To change the flow/order of the story
- Editing:
- Changes the appearance of your writing
- Reasons to edit:
- To fix a grammar mistake
- To capitalize the first letter of the sentence
- To correct spelling
- How are revision and editing similar? How are they different? Discuss with your table group, and fill in the venn diagram.
- Revision:
- Writing
- Independent Writing Time - Stay quiet so others can focus
- Completed Draft Due Tomorrow - Can be typed and printed or handwritten
- Laptops - plug them in when you're done!
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